Exodus 25:21:3Exod.25.21.W3TAB
עַל־הָאָרֹ֖ן
alhaaron
“on the ark”
- Transliteration
- al-ha-a-RON
- Extended
- ahl-hah-ah-ROHN
- IPA
- /ʕal.haː.ʔaː.ˈroːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- on the ark
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-ha-a-RON
- clause
ve-na-tat-TA et-hak-kap-PO-ret al-ha-a-RON mil-MA-la
- sentence
ve-na-tat-TA et-hak-kap-PO-ret al-ha-a-RON mil-MA-la ve-el-ha-a-RON tit-TEN et-ha-eh-DUT a-SHER et-TEN eh-LEY-kha
Exegesis
The locative phrase ʿal hāʾārrōn milmālah {עַל־הָאָרֹן מִלְמָעְלָה | ʿal hā-ʾā-rōn mil-mā-‘ā-lā} ‘upon the ark from above’ specifies external orientation, and the conjunction wəʾel {וְאֶל־ | wə-ʾel} signals the transition to the interior action, leading to titten {תִּתֵּן | tiṯ-tēn} ‘put’.
Root and etymology
ʾ-r-naleph–resh–nun
“chest”
In context — Exodus 25:21
And you shall place the cover upon the ark from above, and into the ark you shall put the testimony that I will give to you.
About this coordinate
Exodus 25:21:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 25:21, so the Hebrew word עַל־הָאָרֹ֖ן (alhaaron) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Exod.25.21.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.25.21.W3.S1) and character.